[fintstone]

I find it odd that so many here have jobs where they can be late...and would stop and listen to every interesting person along the way to find out if they were a great musician or just another one of the many that play on the street that really are not too good. Generally speaking, if a musician is good enough to lose your job over and risk not being able To feed or care for your family...they are not playing in the subway for tips. The two seconds that I would hear him when I passed probably would not have alerted me to his skill any more than any of the others that play instruments or sing there. I would rather pay the money and see him in concert than lose my job to hear a tune or two in a noisy subway station. People who commute 5 hours a day and work 9 or 10 generally dont stand around in subway stations hoping for a free concert. They have their connections time down to the minute. Miss your train...and you rent a car to get home... Costing more than seeing a real concert. Maybe he would have done better to play some place where people are not responsible and wouldn't hesitate to come to work late over a little personal gratification...some place where guys like to make every discussion a personal attack...a place where guys like Dan live.